The incumbent serves as a Lead Program Analyst (Health Informatics) located at the medical centers, in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The primary purpose of the position is to improve the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care by integrating clinical and information processes necessary to achieve successful adoption and application of new technologies throughout the VHA.

Duties

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Serves as team leader over a group of Program Analyst (Informatics) positions. Responsible for assigning, monitoring, and reviewing the work performed by subordinate team members. Ensures that the organization's mission and vision are communicated to the team and integrated into the team's goals, work plans, and work products. Identifies, distributes, and balances workload and tasks among employees in accordance with established workflow, skill level and/or occupational specialization and adjusting to accomplish the workload in accordance with established priorities to ensure timely accomplishment of assigned team tasks. Trains or arranges for the training of team members in methods and techniques of technical skills and team building and working in teams to accomplish tasks or projects. Reports to the supervisor periodically on team's work accomplishments, training needs and work processes. Assists in the management, assessment, design, integration, modification, maintenance, and analysis of programs and processes related to the field of health informatics. Serve as liaison between clinical staff and technical staff and manage all administrative aspects of their programs and projects. Develops targeted, mission-aligned, program goals and objectives that are clearly defined, specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely. Aids in the development and implementation of policies, procedures, and organizational tools to ensure program success. Cultivates and maintains effective relationships with key partners and stakeholders that impact informatics from the central office level, through the facility level. Cultivates a healthy working relationship between the Offices of Information and Technology (OIT) and Health Informatics, allowing for routine dialog to enable the sustainment and optimization of our health information technology (IT) solutions and workflows, for the benefit of all staff and Veterans. Cultivates a healthy collaboration between enterprise and facility level clinical / biomedical engineering staff and health informatics, ensuring that patient care technology is effectively and efficiently integrated into the clinical process. Effectively aids in the creation, integration, dissemination, and management of data for all enterprise applications, processes and entities requiring timely and accurate data delivery. Applies developed data pipelines and reporting systems consisting of relevant and timely measures to quantify deficiencies and visualize improvements over time. Enables healthcare capabilities and the evolution of technology adjoined to the electronic health record (EHR) to deliver quality care by developing, implementing, monitoring, maintaining, and optimizing informatics tools and access to them. Assist in the identification and documentation of end-user requirements and budget for clinical software solutions; conducts market research and evaluates candidate products; develops and executes implementation plans and evaluates implementation results. Ensures clinical input in the development and management of the (VHA) business architecture, which structures and communicates the VHA healthcare business, and includes descriptions of business behaviors, functionality, processes, and the flow of information that is required to achieve VHA's mission. Ensures the VHA EHR operates in a way that improves patient care, ensures patient safety, and meets the needs of providers. Assists in the evaluation, documentation, prioritization, and recognition of requirements for the improvement of the EHR and other systems in collaboration with the end-user. Uses communication, education, and leadership to support comprehension of and adaptation to organizational updates. Provides formal and informal education and in-services to facility staff as required to facilitate program success. Performs other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 6:00am- 2:30pm, 7:00am- 3:30pm or 8:00am- 4:30pm Telework: Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Lead Program Analyst (Informatics)/PD99394S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position at the GS-13 level, you must meet one of the following: Specialized Experience: You must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-12) in the Federal Service, that is directly related to the work of the position and has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties as a Lead Program Analyst - Informatics. Qualifying specialized experience includes determining organizational unit goals and objectives in a constantly changing and developing health care field; independently performing a full range of data analysis, to include collecting, evaluating, and synthesizing data; assigning, monitoring, and reviewing the work performed by subordinate team members; comprehensive knowledge of the data life cycle to input, retrieve, analyze, summarize, and present information effectively; and experienced knowledge and use of national database architecture and file structure, analytical techniques, and clinical applications development techniques. NOTE: One (1) full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements and Work Environment: The work is usually sedentary, but it requires periods of walking, standing, bending, or climbing, and employees may carry light items such as books, instruments, laptops, and other similar materials. The work is conducted in office, conference room, and clinical/hospital patient care settings. Typically, the work is hazard-free, not requiring any special equipment or clothing. The employee is in on-call status as needed and works flexible hours to meet the needs of the facility end user. Preferred Experience: Electronic Medical Record Maintenance and Computer Application Coordinator (CAC)

Education

This job does not have an education requirement.

Contacts

• Address Royal C Johnson Veterans Memorial Hospital 2501 West 22nd Street Sioux Falls, SD 57105 US
• Name: Luther Smith Jr.
• Phone: 612-806-2969
• Email: [email protected]